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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

542 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

  NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

  SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

  WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  WESTERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 432 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

TRAINING AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WHICH CONTINUED TO SLOWLY 

MOVE EASTWARD TOWARDS THE WARNING AREA.  RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE 

HALF INCH TO AS MUCH AS AN INCH AND A HALF PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED 

IN THIS BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAIN.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN THIS MORNING 

WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...AS MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINS 

SATURATED FROM EXCESSIVE RAIN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. FLOODING OF 

LOW LYING AREAS...UNDERPASSES...STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES WILL 

BE LIKELY AND WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EARLY THIS 

MORNING.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  BASEHOR...BELTON...BLUE SPRINGS...BONNER SPRINGS...BUCKNER...

  CAMERON...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY...DE SOTO...EDGERTON...

  EDWARDSVILLE...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...FAIRWAY...GARDNER...GLADSTONE...

  GOWER...GRAIN VALLEY...GRANDVIEW...GREENWOOD...INDEPENDENCE...

  KANSAS CITY...KANSAS CITY KANSAS...KEARNEY...LAKE LOTAWANA...LAKE

  QUIVIRA...LANSING...LATHROP...LAWSON...LEAVENWORTH AND LEAWOOD.





ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH WILL 

BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.  RAIN IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA 

TO THE EAST BY MID-MORNING...LIKELY ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PLEASANT HILL.



LAT...LON 3964 9402 3928 9401 3913 9409 3914 9412

      3881 9412 3844 9506 3897 9506 3896 9517

      3941 9517 3943 9533 3982 9473 3982 9463

      3989 9462 3999 9447



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